Keisarinnankivi
Keisarinnankivi is a monument in the Finnish capital Helsinki . It is reminiscent of a visit by the Russian Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna .
location
The monument is located in the city center on the Kauppatori market square, right next to the port of Helsinki, whose harbor basin Eteläsatama is adjacent to the south. A little to the north, the road passes Pohjoisesplanadi .
Design and history
The monument was created by Carl Ludwig Engel in 1835 and commemorates the first visit of Tsarina Alexandra Fjodorovna to Helsinki in the summer of 1833. Finland was then part of the Russian Empire.
The monument is designed as an obelisk and was placed on the spot where the Tsarina went ashore in Helsinki. The obelisk is made of red granite . It is crowned by a bronze globe on which a two-headed Russian eagle is enthroned. There is a Finnish coat of arms on the eagle's chest.
The monument was inaugurated on December 18, 1835. On April 17, 1917, revolutionary Russian soldiers destroyed the top of the obelisk. It was repaired again in 1971 and restored in 2000.
Web links
- Keisarinnankivi In: taidemuseo.hel.fi (Finnish)
Coordinates: 60 ° 10 ′ 3.6 ″ N , 24 ° 57 ′ 16 ″ E